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SelectionSunday said:
Hypothetical, of course, but Nebraska likely makes the NCAA easily last season if Mast doesn’t get hurt. Would’ve been back to back years in the NCAA.

Seems to me, Nebraska’s patience with Freddy is paying off. They trusted his success at Iowa State and what they were seeing within their own program.
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I totally agree. It was the only scenario and location that Hoiberg survives the 4-year mark. Most schools would have never given him a 5th. Nebraska's basketball history and Fred having family ties to the University allowed him the extra year or two to develop a good Nebraska team. The first 4 were really bad.
 

SelectionSunday said:
Hypothetical, of course, but Nebraska likely makes the NCAA easily last season if Mast doesn’t get hurt. Would’ve been back to back years in the NCAA.

Seems to me, Nebraska’s patience with Freddy is paying off. They trusted his success at Iowa State and what they were seeing within their own program.
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Agreed they were patient and realized they had the right guy once the landscape of the sport changed. Pre NIL I would have said Miles was about as good as it gets, but between the laces portal rules and quite frankly the influx of cash coming into the sport and the big ten, it's been favorable for Nebraska fortunes
 

This place is hilarious.

For the previous 4+ years, we’ve had daily postings about how Ben Johnson is/was the worst coach in history (slight hyperbole), and the bashing continues months after being relieved of his duties, and I simply point out the Fred Hoiberg underperformed Ben Johnson for over 6 years.

Yeah, he had success a half a decade before, and at a completely different school…cool. 6 years with 1 tourney appearance and zero weeks ever ranked before this season.

Lots of excuses why Hoiberg should be shown patience, and maybe I would have liked to see a bit more of that attitude directed to our own recent coaches instead of constant bashing, this place is a self loathing cesspool far too often.
 

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This place is hilarious.

For the previous 4+ years, we’ve had daily postings about how Ben Johnson is/was the worst coach in history (slight hyperbole), and the bashing continues months after being relieved of his duties, and I simply point out the Fred Hoiberg underperformed Ben Johnson for over 6 years.

Yeah, he had success a half a decade before, and at a completely different school…cool. 6 years with 1 tourney appearance and zero weeks ever ranked before this season.

Lots of excuses why Hoiberg should be shown patience, and maybe I would have liked to see a bit more of that attitude directed to our own recent coaches instead of constant bashing, this place is a self loathing cesspool far too often.
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This isn't that hard. Hoiberg had a history that showed he could win. Ben had no such history, ever.
He is a good guy who took a job he was fated to fail at- because he had no history that would carry him through the rough waters. To recruit at a high level, a coach has to make players believe they will win. There was no story to tell.
 

Unregistered User said:
This place is hilarious.

For the previous 4+ years, we’ve had daily postings about how Ben Johnson is/was the worst coach in history (slight hyperbole), and the bashing continues months after being relieved of his duties, and I simply point out the Fred Hoiberg underperformed Ben Johnson for over 6 years.

Yeah, he had success a half a decade before, and at a completely different school…cool. 6 years with 1 tourney appearance and zero weeks ever ranked before this season.

Lots of excuses why Hoiberg should be shown patience, and maybe I would have liked to see a bit more of that attitude directed to our own recent coaches instead of constant bashing, this place is a self loathing cesspool far too often.
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Tell Ben GH says hello and we are anxiously awaiting his exit statement : )
 





Unregistered User said:
This place is hilarious.

For the previous 4+ years, we’ve had daily postings about how Ben Johnson is/was the worst coach in history (slight hyperbole), and the bashing continues months after being relieved of his duties, and I simply point out the Fred Hoiberg underperformed Ben Johnson for over 6 years.

Yeah, he had success a half a decade before, and at a completely different school…cool. 6 years with 1 tourney appearance and zero weeks ever ranked before this season.

Lots of excuses why Hoiberg should be shown patience, and maybe I would have liked to see a bit more of that attitude directed to our own recent coaches instead of constant bashing, this place is a self loathing cesspool far too often.
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Steering this in a positive direction, maybe this makes a person appreciate what Tim Miles did there, at least initially--a fourth-place conference finish and an NCAA tournament invite in his second year.
 



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